Chamaemyia bicolor

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Chamaemyia bicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Subfamily: Chamaemyiinae
Tribe: Chamaemyiini
Genus: Chamaemyia
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Chamaemyia bicolor
Beschovski, 1994 [1]

Chamaemyia bicolor is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. [1]

Fly order of insects

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described.

Chamaemyiidae family of insects

The Chamaemyiidae are a small family of acalyptrate flies with less than 200 species described worldwide. The larvae of these small flies are active and predatory and are often used for biological control of aphids, scale insects, and similar pests. Chamaemyiid fossils are poorly represented in amber deposits, but a few examples are known from the Eocene epoch onwards.

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The Acalyptratae or Acalyptrata are a subsection of the Schizophora, which are a section of the order Diptera, the "true flies". In various contexts the Acalyptratae also are referred to informally as the acalyptrate muscoids, or acalyptrates, as opposed to the Calyptratae. All forms of the name refer to the lack of calypters in the members of this subsection of flies. An alternative name, Acalypterae is current, though in minority usage. It was first used by Justin Pierre Marie Macquart in 1835 for a section of his tribe Muscides; he used it to refer to all acalyptrates plus scathophagids and phorids, but excluding Conopidae.

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Lauxanioidea superfamily of insects

The Lauxanioidea are a superfamily of flies that includes the two large families, the Lauxaniidae and Chamaemyiidae, and the small family Celyphidae. Generally, they are small to medium, densely populated, coloured flies. The Chamaemyiidae and Cremifaniidae live as parasites on insects. The family Celyphidae look like beetles.

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<i>Chamaemyia</i> genus of flies

| Chamaemyia is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is the type genus of its family.

<i>Chamaemyia elegans</i> species of fly

Chamaemyia elegans is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is present in Europe, including mainland France.

Chamaemyia flavipalpis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

The Cremifaniidae are a very small family of acalyptrate flies with only 4 described species worldwide. All species are considired rare, and nothing is known of their life history. They were formally placed in the family Chamaemyiidae.

Pseudodinia antennalis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae.

Pseudodinia is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. There are about 17 described species in Pseudodinia.

Pseudodinia polita is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae.

Chamaemyia nigripalpis is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Chamaemyia paludosa is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Chamaemyia sylvatica is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Chamaemyia triorbiseta is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in Scotland.

Parochthiphila argentiseta is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is present in Turkey.

Chamaemyia flavoantennata is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Chamaemyia submontana is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Chamaemyia hungarica is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is only found in Hungary.

References

  1. 1 2 Beschovski, V.L. (1994). "Three new species of genus Chamaemyia Meigen, 1803 from Europe (Insecta: Diptera: Chamaemyiidae)". Reichenbachia. 30 (35): 203–209.
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